Oh dear! I'm the RECTUM!

This activity is a short one (25 mins) and was a follow-up for a Digestion Bingo game. (Basically, very few children would want to be the rectum...this helps them to remember)

1. Pupils choose randomly from a few pieces of paper with major parts of the digestive system written on them. Each gets a part.
2. Refer to the textbook for the functions of the different part and each step forward.
3. Say/act out the functions respectively.

Reasons why it is useful for the children:

• As they sequence the different parts according to the path taken by the food before presentation, they familiarise themselves with the parts of the system.
• The pressure of the simple presentation that follows forces the children to double check their understanding of the functions of the different parts.